{"product_id":"saving-normal-an-insiders-revolt-against-out-of-control-psychiatric-diagnosis-dsm-5-big-pharma-and-the-medicalization-of-ordinary-life-9780062229267","title":"Saving Normal: An Insider's Revolt Against Out-Of-Control Psychiatric Diagnosis, Dsm-5, Big Pharma, and the Medicalization of Ordinary Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInternational Bestseller - \"An extraordinarily important book.\" --Marcia Angell, Harvard Medical School\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA deeply fascinating and urgently important critique of the widespread medicalization of normality, by \"one of the world's most prominent psychiatrists\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnyone living a full, rich life experiences ups and downs, stresses, disappointments, sorrows, and setbacks. Today, however, millions of people who are really no more than \"worried well\" are being diagnosed as having a mental disorder and receiving unnecessary treatment. In \u003cem\u003eSaving Normal\u003c\/em\u003e, Allen Frances, one of the world's most influential psychiatrists, explains why stigmatizing a healthy person as mentally ill leads to unnecessary, harmful medications, the narrowing of horizons, the misallocation of medical resources, and the draining of the budgets of families and the nation. We also shift responsibility for our mental well-being away from our own naturally resilient brains and into the hands of \"Big Pharma,\" who are reaping multi-billion-dollar profits. Frances cautions that the newest edition of the \"bible of psychiatry,\" the \u003cem\u003eDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eDSM-5)\u003c\/em\u003e, is turning our current diagnostic inflation into hyperinflation by converting millions of \"normal\" people into \"mental patients.\" \u003cem\u003eSaving Normal\u003c\/em\u003e is a call to all of us to reclaim the full measure of our humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Allen Frances\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/12\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.22h x 5.35w x 0.86d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062229267\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrances, Allen:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eAllen Frances, MD, is professor emeritus and former chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Duke University School of Medicine. Dr. Frances was the chairman of the \u003cem\u003eDSM-IV\u003c\/em\u003e Task Force and a member of the leadership group for \u003cem\u003eDSM-III\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDSM-III-R.\u003c\/em\u003e He is the author of the award-winning international bestseller \u003cem\u003eSaving Normal\u003c\/em\u003e and the reference work \u003cem\u003eEssentials of Psychiatric Diagnosis.\u003c\/em\u003e He lives in San Diego, California.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Allen Frances \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47579919974557,"sku":"9780062229267","price":37.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_6d66628a-aa83-4d82-9022-bfbd1364ee35.jpg?v=1768898908","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/saving-normal-an-insiders-revolt-against-out-of-control-psychiatric-diagnosis-dsm-5-big-pharma-and-the-medicalization-of-ordinary-life-9780062229267","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}